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December 6, 1968 Tel. 858-1081, Ed. ..
lection of SGA treasurer I•S today
AI Shahda Randy Bragg
Outlay budget referred
to legislative committee
By Jean Talley
News Editor
VCU has doubled its usual request
for funds in state outlay in a
prelim imuy budget completed last
week and submitted to study
committees of the Virginia legislature.
No junds are to be sought for a
'hldent union building, but
IUtborization is to be asked to sell
bonds that would finance the project.
The university is also seeking to
double the amount requested for
teacher salaries and general operating
apenses.
center; new buildings for the Schools
of Social Work, Social Sciences and
Psychology and the humanities;
renovations of the physical plant; and
$150,000 for the development of
outdoor facilities for physical
education and recreation.
The remainder requested was
"planning money" for buildings to be
erected in the 1972-74 biennium. Also
included in the budget were requests
for permission to Iloat bond issues of
$11 million to build two donni tories, a
student union and a parking deck.
(Con tinued on Page 4)
Larry Elder
Ken Kirby
Polls open 9 to 4 ;
four candidates run
By Nick Brown
A special election will be held today
for SGA treasurer, and polls will be
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at three
places on campus. Polls are located in
the Student Center, the Hibbs
Rotunda, and the Rhoads Hall lobby.
Four candidates are running for the
office, fonnerly held by Ernest Roane,
who resigned. The four are AI Shahda,
J 4 Richmond; , Ken Kirby, Acc3
Bridgeville, Del. ; Randy Bragg, Eng3
Richmond, and Larry Elder, H & PS3
McKenney. (See promes, page 8.)
Three of the candidates, Shahda,
Kirby and Elder, were present to speak
to the House members Monday night.
Speaker Steve Burns said that Bragg
was not able to be reached to speak.
None of the candidates spoke for long,
however, and Shahda declined to speak
to the House "due to the lateness of
the hour. " Thus only two of the
candidates spoke at the end of the
meeting.
The candidates were directed to
campaign according to the rules set
down by the Board of Elections, and
any infraction of the rules must be
submitted in writing to the board no
later than Monday, December 9, by
5 :30 p.m.
If no protests are su bmitted before
the House session opens Monday
evening, the board will dectare the
election final. Any infraction of the
rules will disqualify a candidate if
found guilty.
The SGA treasurer, when elected,
will also serve as chainnan of the
budget committee. It will be this
committee's responsibility during the
remainder of the school year to
administer the SGA contingency fund
and hear any additional requests for
funds by either existing organizations
or new ones.
John Norcutt, SCA president, said
that he did not expect a large turnout
of students to vote in the elecuon,
since it was a special election and only
the one office was to be voted upon.
Approval
tentatI• ve
for ROTC
VCU has been tentatively granted
permission by the Army to offer a
Reserve · Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) program. The Army 's
approval , according to Jan1es W.
Bailey , assistant vice president of
academic affairs, is pending
developmcnt of ROTC facilities here.
If the facilitics arc developed, the
progran1 will begin in 1970. Trairung
progran1s would be offered on both
two- and four- year levels.
At the November 21 meeting of the
Board of Visitors, Dr. Francis J.
Brooke, acting provost, presented
bucl&et requests totaling $28 rnillion ~
for Acadentic Division buildings for the
1970-72 biennium. The requests
iDcIuded $<I million for an addi tion to
tbe library, S3 million for land
acquiJition and about $21 ntillion for
DeW classroom buildings and " planning
money" for new buildings to be
constructed during the 1972-74
biennium.
Advanced registration
Bailey said necessary facilities
would include storage space for
equipment, an indoor rifle range, a drill
ground, two or three special classrooms
and three or four offices for special
instructors.
Bailey said tentative plans for
ob taining these facilities are being
made.
At the same time, Col. John H. Heil
Jr., acting provost of the Health
Sciences Division, submitted budget
requests including one for mare than
Sl2 million for the construction of a
Scbool of Allied Health Professions a t
MeV.
Items in c luded in the budget
requests for the Academic Division
1I'ere funds for a building to house the
departments of mathematics, physics
and graduate chentistry; a fine arts
Dr. Brooke
to review
SGA ,budget
The SCA budget passed two weeks
1&0 by the student congress w"'
submitted Tuesday to the office of Dr.
FriIICIl l. Brooke, acting provost, for
apprOVal.
According to John Norcutt, SGA
president, Dr. Brooke was out of town
this week, but had prOlRlSed the
budtet first consideration when 11C
returned.
The $ 74 ,000 budget, i nclud," ~
allocation. for all SGA organi1.3l1ons,
Was pused in two eme rgency Joint
Itllions of the co n gre... 1 he
emergency sessions were called
fOllOWing the resigna tion 01 SGA
lteUil rer Erneu Roa ne.
will begin next week He ad ded that the proposed
program here was being planned with
the assistance of the ROTC staff at the
University of Richmond.
By Sandye Fink
Advanced regis tration for spring
semester will be held nex t Tuesday
t hrough Thu r sday for currently
enroUed degree- seeking studen IS in the
Mosque.
Students wiU regIster from noon to
8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, according to the last two
digits of their social security num.ber.
"Students should come to regtster
at their appointed time or later. They
shouldn't skip a c1a.~s to register," said
Merle V. Slater, registrar. "Registrauon
is open untIl 8 p.m. and most classes
end by 5 p.m."
The time according to year and
social securi ty number is listed wi th
other regis tration information 111 the
class schedule booklets avrulable at the
information desk In the Administration
building.
ID ca rd, and a regis tration planmng
sheet found in the regIstration booklet
in tnplicatc ano ,igned by a ,tuden t's
adVisor are nece"ary to ge t into the
M o~que for rcgbtration.
Go To Check In Slat ion
Once Inside, the student sh"uld
proceed to the check-'Il 't~1I0n
Idenulied by the Ia;t IlIgll 01 I". Socilil
Secunty number. J here. upon .,hoWInA
1m 10 card, the ,lUden t Will receive a
prc .. pnn led rc}?~ trlltlOn t,u rlll . pl.!l nn t
t..:::ud and ~ tudcnllOfonllauol1 c.;anl.
Nex t, the ,tudent WIll enter the
Jcgi.,tralJon a.ca and glVl' to the
In olllto" all of the above and 1m
plannln~ " heel With 111,\ advl~or'~
signa ture. Hcre he wiU h ave his JI)
va li da ted and proceed to the
departmental representatives to obtain
his course cards. He should then place
hi s re gis tr a tion
following order:
1. Permit card.
materials in the
2. Student I D card.
3. Course cards in sequence i1stlllg.
4. Pre-printed registTation fom1.
At the check-ou t station the student
should present Ius registration planning
sh eet for stamped app roval. This
approved planning sheet is the
student 's reglstration receipt and a
protection for the student in case of an
error in hi schedule.
Information in Ballroom
An information center will be
available ncar the , tage in the Mosque
ballroom for s tud en ts de si ring
Ulfonnation conceming the Veteran's
Admtnhtra tion , Selective Service and
the levcnlllg CoUege.
All non-degree seetong day 'lUdents
and all newly admitted day , tuden t', a,
well 3.' curren t studen ts who fall ed to
advance register , may rcgl'der
Thlmday, January 30 from 9 a.lII. ti' 4
p.m. by Sodal Security nUlllber only.
Late regl>truuon Will be held
I eb ruary 3-5 frolll 9 a.m. to 4 1'.111. 111
the Mo,que ballromn by appOInlm,'nt
by s lu(knl c11.1.:-.~lticutl()n
S t Utt..; nt ) dc~)nng OIlly I' vcnlllg
Coll ~t',c d:,c,~C., ~ hould conL.1Lt the
I ve nln ~ (oll e~e olll~e III the
AUIllIOl ) trJtlon bI1lIdln~ , Room 100
After completion of registration,
the Dusllless Office will bill students
for tuition and other fees.
Registration ,vi" be voided for
either of the following two reasons: If
a student is academically ineligible to
return for the spring semester or if he
fai ls to pay his bill by the time
specified m billing.
A questionnaire distributed to
students last spring indicated that "a
l a rge nu m b e r of students were
interested in participating in such a
program," Bailey said.
Scholarships will be available
through the Army to aid in the
development of the program. Also,
academic credIt.' wiU be given for the
courses.
SGA seeks opinion
regarding bookstore
Th c Stud e nt Government
Assoctation look action this week to
place a "bitch-box" 111 the foyer of the
bookstore to obtain ,tudellt and
faculty comments cOllcernlnt! the
ma nagclllcnt and operation of the'
book"ore.
Spcakmg In behalf of 1m motion,
David ~I rn lc y, u representative from
the School of SOCIal Sciencr, Sdld :
.. rhe book~torc h~ OCI.!I1 U lIIujor
conce rn In lIIany studcnh wld faculty
l11embers I t:llkcd to Mr. R:lymoncf
lIolm e" Comp troller for the
univL!f!\lty, lith wccl and he 1\ 111 f:WOf
nl ~uch a box . In tUl:t, he ~UH.1 he \ ould
h.lve it buttt and l",t.1l1ed.
A member of the lIoll\!.! \ uggestcd
Ulat the word " bi teh-bo\" be ch.lI1ged
(0 \ugcc:, Llon I>u\ . 1'0 tll1~ lIenlcy
\iud." t don 't think \\Ie will g .... t uny
CI.!J l' tlOrt to a \H~g,"".!I lI On bo,\._ Afh:r all,
it ,hould be named for what it is: a
bitch·box. "
·1 he motion also t3ted that U,e
cs t.bli,hlllcnt of the box and tlle
procedures concc rrung the analysis for
potent ial action co nce rning the
con tents would be ,Ieterminod by the
tUllent Life COlllmi ttee of the SCA
1I0u,c.
TIle Student on[!fCs.< also took
3cUon till< week urpng the Academic
Senate to promptly [\-'COlllmend, rej~ct,
or propos~ ~pt:c iflc modifica.tions of
tl10 JOInt tatement on Rights and
I - r~cdoms of Studenb.
Thi< .,·I\on \lJ' taken b) both th~
llUU~l. Jnel Scant~ b ..... ~aul\.: the Jomt
' tat,'ment ha< heen before the fa ' ult)
~~ntltr or onc of ib COnlmith:c-s since
he't ApnJ.
The lIouse also pas,cd the motion
(CoutUlUed 'Ill rage 4)

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

December 6, 1968 Tel. 858-1081, Ed. ..
lection of SGA treasurer I•S today
AI Shahda Randy Bragg
Outlay budget referred
to legislative committee
By Jean Talley
News Editor
VCU has doubled its usual request
for funds in state outlay in a
prelim imuy budget completed last
week and submitted to study
committees of the Virginia legislature.
No junds are to be sought for a
'hldent union building, but
IUtborization is to be asked to sell
bonds that would finance the project.
The university is also seeking to
double the amount requested for
teacher salaries and general operating
apenses.
center; new buildings for the Schools
of Social Work, Social Sciences and
Psychology and the humanities;
renovations of the physical plant; and
$150,000 for the development of
outdoor facilities for physical
education and recreation.
The remainder requested was
"planning money" for buildings to be
erected in the 1972-74 biennium. Also
included in the budget were requests
for permission to Iloat bond issues of
$11 million to build two donni tories, a
student union and a parking deck.
(Con tinued on Page 4)
Larry Elder
Ken Kirby
Polls open 9 to 4 ;
four candidates run
By Nick Brown
A special election will be held today
for SGA treasurer, and polls will be
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at three
places on campus. Polls are located in
the Student Center, the Hibbs
Rotunda, and the Rhoads Hall lobby.
Four candidates are running for the
office, fonnerly held by Ernest Roane,
who resigned. The four are AI Shahda,
J 4 Richmond; , Ken Kirby, Acc3
Bridgeville, Del. ; Randy Bragg, Eng3
Richmond, and Larry Elder, H & PS3
McKenney. (See promes, page 8.)
Three of the candidates, Shahda,
Kirby and Elder, were present to speak
to the House members Monday night.
Speaker Steve Burns said that Bragg
was not able to be reached to speak.
None of the candidates spoke for long,
however, and Shahda declined to speak
to the House "due to the lateness of
the hour. " Thus only two of the
candidates spoke at the end of the
meeting.
The candidates were directed to
campaign according to the rules set
down by the Board of Elections, and
any infraction of the rules must be
submitted in writing to the board no
later than Monday, December 9, by
5 :30 p.m.
If no protests are su bmitted before
the House session opens Monday
evening, the board will dectare the
election final. Any infraction of the
rules will disqualify a candidate if
found guilty.
The SGA treasurer, when elected,
will also serve as chainnan of the
budget committee. It will be this
committee's responsibility during the
remainder of the school year to
administer the SGA contingency fund
and hear any additional requests for
funds by either existing organizations
or new ones.
John Norcutt, SCA president, said
that he did not expect a large turnout
of students to vote in the elecuon,
since it was a special election and only
the one office was to be voted upon.
Approval
tentatI• ve
for ROTC
VCU has been tentatively granted
permission by the Army to offer a
Reserve · Officers Training Corps
(ROTC) program. The Army 's
approval , according to Jan1es W.
Bailey , assistant vice president of
academic affairs, is pending
developmcnt of ROTC facilities here.
If the facilitics arc developed, the
progran1 will begin in 1970. Trairung
progran1s would be offered on both
two- and four- year levels.
At the November 21 meeting of the
Board of Visitors, Dr. Francis J.
Brooke, acting provost, presented
bucl&et requests totaling $28 rnillion ~
for Acadentic Division buildings for the
1970-72 biennium. The requests
iDcIuded $truuon Will be held
I eb ruary 3-5 frolll 9 a.m. to 4 1'.111. 111
the Mo,que ballromn by appOInlm,'nt
by s lu(knl c11.1.:-.~lticutl()n
S t Utt..; nt ) dc~)nng OIlly I' vcnlllg
Coll ~t',c d:,c,~C., ~ hould conL.1Lt the
I ve nln ~ (oll e~e olll~e III the
AUIllIOl ) trJtlon bI1lIdln~ , Room 100
After completion of registration,
the Dusllless Office will bill students
for tuition and other fees.
Registration ,vi" be voided for
either of the following two reasons: If
a student is academically ineligible to
return for the spring semester or if he
fai ls to pay his bill by the time
specified m billing.
A questionnaire distributed to
students last spring indicated that "a
l a rge nu m b e r of students were
interested in participating in such a
program" Bailey said.
Scholarships will be available
through the Army to aid in the
development of the program. Also,
academic credIt.' wiU be given for the
courses.
SGA seeks opinion
regarding bookstore
Th c Stud e nt Government
Assoctation look action this week to
place a "bitch-box" 111 the foyer of the
bookstore to obtain ,tudellt and
faculty comments cOllcernlnt! the
ma nagclllcnt and operation of the'
book"ore.
Spcakmg In behalf of 1m motion,
David ~I rn lc y, u representative from
the School of SOCIal Sciencr, Sdld :
.. rhe book~torc h~ OCI.!I1 U lIIujor
conce rn In lIIany studcnh wld faculty
l11embers I t:llkcd to Mr. R:lymoncf
lIolm e" Comp troller for the
univL!f!\lty, lith wccl and he 1\ 111 f:WOf
nl ~uch a box . In tUl:t, he ~UH.1 he \ ould
h.lve it buttt and l",t.1l1ed.
A member of the lIoll\!.! \ uggestcd
Ulat the word " bi teh-bo\" be ch.lI1ged
(0 \ugcc:, Llon I>u\ . 1'0 tll1~ lIenlcy
\iud." t don 't think \\Ie will g .... t uny
CI.!J l' tlOrt to a \H~g"".!I lI On bo,\._ Afh:r all,
it ,hould be named for what it is: a
bitch·box. "
·1 he motion also t3ted that U,e
cs t.bli,hlllcnt of the box and tlle
procedures concc rrung the analysis for
potent ial action co nce rning the
con tents would be ,Ieterminod by the
tUllent Life COlllmi ttee of the SCA
1I0u,c.
TIle Student on[!fCs.< also took
3cUon till< week urpng the Academic
Senate to promptly [\-'COlllmend, rej~ct,
or propos~ ~pt:c iflc modifica.tions of
tl10 JOInt tatement on Rights and
I - r~cdoms of Studenb.
Thi< .,·I\on \lJ' taken b) both th~
llUU~l. Jnel Scant~ b ..... ~aul\.: the Jomt
' tat,'ment ha< heen before the fa ' ult)
~~ntltr or onc of ib COnlmith:c-s since
he't ApnJ.
The lIouse also pas,cd the motion
(CoutUlUed 'Ill rage 4)